SOME FRESHWATER AQUARIUM FISHES 



which become bold and belligerent during this season and will attack all 

 approaching enemies. 



The sunfishes acquire the unpleasant habit of nibbling the fins and 

 tails of the goldfishes, if not plentifully fed, for which reason it is best to 



FIG. 37 — Common Sunfish, Eupomotis gihhoms 



keep them separate or tointroduce very small ones only into an aquarium in 

 which goldfishes are kept. 



The most generally distributed species of sunfishes (Centrarchidae) are 

 the following: The Common Sunfish, Eupomotis gibbosus; Fig. 37, the 

 Blue-spotted Sunfish, Enneacanthus gloriosus; the long-eared S\xr\f[5\i,Lepomis 



FIG. 38 — Black-banded Sunfish, Mesogonistius chatodon 



auritus; the Black-banded Sunfish, or Chaetodon, Mesogonistius chcetodon. 

 Fig. 38, and other forms p9pularly known as the Green and Blue Sunfish, 



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